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Nearby Restaurants, Bars, Coffee Places, and Gas Stations are Back on RinkAtlas
I’m pleased to announce that we just restored the list of nearby restaurants, bars, coffee places, and gas stations to almost 4,700 arena information pages on RinkAtlas. This capability is one of the signature features of RinkAtlas, and something that we tweak constantly in order to provide the best possible information to our users across…
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Temporarily Reduced Search Options as a Result of Database Change
On July 24, we began the process of changing the database that powers the RinkAtlas website and API. This was the result of a decision by Google Cloud to sunset the database that RinkAtlas had been using since September 2016. There are several significant differences between the database we’ve moved to and our previous database.…
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RinkAtlas is Rolling Out Arena Statistics
We’re pleased to announce that RinkAtlas is rolling out statistics about arenas in our directory. Right now, the statistics we’re providing are as follows: Seating Capacity Ice Dimensions Opening Date (in cases where we do not know the exact opening date, we list the opening date as January 1 of the opening year) These statistics…
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Spreading the Word About Schulz Rink of Dreams
Last night we learned of a unique hockey rink in a giant farm shed on a farm in Madison Lake, a small town in Southeastern Minnesota. It’s called Schulz Rink of Dreams in honor of the late Paul Schulz. Schulz was a hockey fan of epic proportions. His love of hockey was so great that…
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RinkAtlas Helps You Find Any Arena in North America, Not Just the Ones that are Easy to Find
Here’s the latest arena to be added to RinkAtlas. It’s a place called Shinapest Tooma Memorial Arena in Kawawachikamach, Québec. We updated @RinkAtlas to add three photos of the Shinapest Tooma Memorial Arena in the Kawawachikamach First Nation, https://t.co/MWmFRH21YY. These photos were contributed by Nicolas Chalifoux of Honco Steel & Joé Juneau. We thank them…
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Vernon Civic Arena Holding Final Vernon Vipers Game on January 6
Global News reports that Vernon Civic Arena in Vernon, British Columbia will hold an 80th anniversary celebration on Saturday, January 6, with a final scheduled BCHL (junior hockey) game between the Vernon Vipers and Prince George Spruce Kings. The Vernon Civic Arena is considered the first indoor ice arena in the Okanagan. The game is sold out, but tickets…
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RinkAtlas North American Arena Directory Completed
Mission accomplished! RinkAtlas now contains every arena in Canada to go along with our comprehensive directory of American rinks. The journey to this point began about one year ago. I want to thank my family who gave me the opportunity to focus, my friends who funded the RinkAtlas Kickstarter Project, the friends who shared arena…
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The Oldest Operating Arena in the World Could Be Calumet Colosseum on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Thanks to friends like Adam Wodon of College Hockey News, we are gathering historical information about arenas in North America. One of the documents that Adam found and shared with us is Local Ice Rinks in the Copper Country.This is a history of ice rinks in the western part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Ice…
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Air Canada Centre to be Renamed Scotiabank Arena in July 2018
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment and Scotiabank announced a record-breaking 20-year naming rights deal for the arena on Bay Street in Toronto currently known as Air Canada Centre. According to the Globe & Mail, the arena’s name will become Scotiabank Arena in July 2018. The cost of this agreement to Scotiabank is reportedly $800 million.…
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Ontario Arena Directory Completed!
We completed our arena directory for Ontario today! RinkAtlas.com now covers over 900 arenas and park rinks in Ontario, from Kenora in the west to Hawkesbury in the east. We also have over 1,000 arenas and park rinks listed in Quebec & the Maritimes. Next we’re building a complete directory of arenas in Manitoba.